The Justice Department and Apple Computer are locked in a bitter legal battle in the FBI’s desire to unlock the iPhone used by the San Bernadino terrorists, both of whom were killed after their attack. The FBI, understandably, wants to see who else might be
Steven Peterson sent me a link to an article by the Reformed theologian Richard J. Louw. It deals with vocation and the Two Kingdoms, but he comes at it from a completely different perspective than Lutherans do. He uses the concept of “common grace,” as
Canada is implementing its new euthanasia policy with new guidelines that will require doctors and nurses to kill their patients if requested, and there will be no opt-out on the basis of religion or conscience. Wesley Smith gives the details, commenting, “I have never seen
The media keeps talking about how evangelicals are supporting Donald Trump, and Christian leaders are wringing their hands about it. But Biola poli-sci professor Darren Patrick Guerra crunches the numbers and shows that Trump isn’t winning the evangelical vote after all. (more…)
The Republican presidential candidates will debate tonight on CNN at 8:30 p.m. ET. The event will be held in Florida, whose primary on March 15 may be decisive. On that day Florida will hold a winner-take-all contest for its whopping 99 delegates. On the same
A number of companies in the United States and other countries are providing chaplains for their employees. Is that an appropriate application of vocation, or a confusion of vocation? I’m not sure myself! Read about this phenomenon after the jump. (more…)
A paper on the workings of the human hand published in a scientific journal uses the term “creator” and “design,” sparking sputtering outrage and calls for boycotting the publication. The authors, most of whom are Chinese, say the apparent reference to Intelligent Design was a
I am now in Copenhagen, where I have an internet connection. The conference I spoke at was held at an Inner Mission Bible college, where Christian young people go after they graduate from high school and before they go to University. Here they study Christian
R. J. Grunewald offers a stimulating critique of Christian T-shirts, movies, and music on the basis of the doctrine of vocation. (more…)
African-Americans sparked the struggle for civil rights. Other ethnic minorities have followed suit. Women are not a minority but they have been fighting to assure their civil rights. Gays have been demanding their civil rights, and they have won significant victories. Can you think of
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